The Assessment of Intellectual Capital in the Egyptian Universities

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the way Egyptian universities manage its intellectual capital. University is considered as the incubator environment of intellectual capital, as it owns human wealth (human capital) represented in professors with high scientific and practical capabilities, and institutional structures that support innovation and creativity (structural capital) ,all that lead the university to achieve high rank in the global rankings of universities (relational capital) . But, the Egyptian universities face some challenges, which hinders them to manage its intellectual capital, and accordingly, this lead to the inability of these universities to achieve high ranks in the global university rankings .Accordingly, the current study aimed at recognizing the nature of intellectual capital of 28 Egyptian governmental universities, trying to propose strategic goals to enhance the intellectual capital in order to achieve global excellence. Environmental Analysis Technique (Swot analysis) targeted the whole population of the public universities. Subsequently, the intellectual capital of Egyptian universities has been benchmarked for TIMES performance variables.